Legbar

i only own one but my one is half blind

I have had two cream legbar hens and currently have only one. Both were at the bottom of the pecking order. They are so sweet. Floppy has slept out of the coop/run a few times as she disappeared and didn't return until the next morning. We live next to wooded areas and I know there are predators around but she always returned so I would say she is savvy. I would love to have more legbars.

I have named my hen "Gidget". She is quiet, spunky, small and very friendly. She hasn't started laying yet, but I know she is getting close. The rooster is of course, "Moondoggy". He has very pretty coloring, but not sure if we will be keeping him or butchering him. He is rather loud at times.

I only have a few chicks, but love them so far!

Now that I have had Cream Legbars since 2012, I cannot imagine NOT having them. Autosexing is so brilliant, I feel sorry for folks who have to wait an extended period to know the chicks' gender. Add to that, I'm so lucky with the genetics that I got - my chicks were hatched at Greenfire Farms, but I bought them from Samantha Kellerman in the Hill Country as she won a large number of them in rare-breeds auction and sold off some to recoup her expenses.

I also feel so lucky that the genetics I have here don't have things like - recessive white, or white eggs showing up, or crestless chickens. At times these can pop up in flocks due to the possible mixtures and unknown genetics that some people in the UK where the breed originated mixed into the Cream Legbar blood.

My flock has been healthy and productive for a long time now. My "old" hen still produces an egg everyday-- even in this 100-degree Texas summer heat. Both she and her daughter did a spell of broodiness - and had beautiful chicks. Cream Legbars are good mothers.

The chicks are friendly and curious, healthy and entertaining.

Cream Legbars lay blue eggs - some of the Cream Legbar strains may lay a more greenish-blue. No Cream Legbars in the USA lay olive eggs. The eggs may appear a bit smaller than eggs of the same weight (egg size is determined by weight) My flock lays medium sized eggs - just a fraction (3/1000's) short of the 2-ounces that the USDA sizes 'Large' eggs.


The worst trait I have experienced is that an old rooster can occasionally become mean. This trait should definitely not be bred forward, and roosters should probably be replaced when they approach 2-years or more if they have a tendency to be over protective of their hens.

We love our beautiful Cream Legbars! We currently have 13 of these amazing birds. Our oldest hen lays 5-6 blue eggs a week! The best part to me, though, is that you can sex these birds at hatch.
Our pullets and cockerals follow us around the yard looking for treats. The older birds sing and talk to us when they see us. I must admit that the roosters have a bit of a reputation for really funny crowing sounds...everything from broken toy to peep sounds and everything normal in between! The Roosters are gentlemen (ie my girls don't have naked necks), great protectors, and keep a sharp eye on everyone.

We bought our first pair at auction from Burton Farms, more birds from Huckleberry Farms, and hatching eggs from Lonnyandrinda and Cjwaldon.

A few pictures of some of the younger birds!
London watching over Kate and Diana
A boy!

A girl!

Graphite with Cider and Chocolate

Blue and Lucy, our first pair

Gray and Lucy grown up

Chocolate

Got a pair of these as my starter flock, and am actively working to expand it. The Legbar is just the sweetest little bird! They stay nearby when foraging, lay blue eggs (which was my selling point), and are auto-sexing. I personally think they have the best-tasting eggs of all the eggs I have tried.

My Cream Legbar lays plenty of most beautiful sky blue eggs that are also almost round in shape. They are very friendly and also SUPER calm in your hands. To top that off they are autosexing! It is very ironic that these birds are not one of the most popular breeds.

Beautiful green to blue eggs that are larger then most other colored egg breeds, very pretty bird and to top it off you can tell girls vs boys on day one! We started breeding them because our Ameraucanas are so difficult to sex accurately and we needed a breed that we could sell as sexed chicks but they have really grown on us.

I’ve raised Crested Cream Legbars for 3 years now, and have loved them from day one. They have an amazing temperament that you can’t help but love. Highly recommend this breed if you are looking for large blue eggs. The auto-sexing trait is also a plus! Know from the day of hatch if you have a cockerel or a pullet.

This breed has everything going for it, sweet, inquisitive nature without being bullish and overrconfident, layers pf beautiful sky blue or green eggs. Also, you can sex them on hatching! They are fabudabu!!! Everyone should have them in their flock!

Enough positive cant be said about Mr. Punnetts amazing bird. Designed by a keen scientific mind these birds seam to have it all; beauty, heavy blue egg production, and the wonderful ability to be sexed at birth! I maintain a large flock of Cream Legbars and i have to say they have been one of my favorite birds since the moment i purchased them. They are a hardy bird that seams to do well in the North Georgia climate, from the hot summers to our winter ice storms i have had not one problem. An amazing and majestic bird that is well worth the price you have to pay for them. I would highly recommend this poultry breed to the novice and the seasoned alike.

So honestly I hadn't heard of this breed until yesterday. I had one of my White Leghorn go broody on me totally unexpected there not know for being Broody. But my girl will not leave the nest despite pulling her out repeatedly for days. I finally gave up as my husband and I had been talking about adding blue or green eggs to our basket. (We currently have white and brown layers) So I went on a search for people local that have fertilized eggs for sale and there is a farm about 20 mins from me selling CLs. So I looked it up and was surprised it was a rare breed. Now I'm picking up eggs this afternoon and I'm excited and nervous as I've never had a hen hatch eggs for me before. Any suggestion to make this successful? This breed looks amazing and I'm excited to give it a try. The flightiness makes me a wee bit nervous as we do let our birds free range in our yard when I'm home. I'm hoping since the rest of the flock likes to stay in the yard the new birds will follow. I'll keep you updated, fingers crossed this is successful.

We LOVE our CCLB's! I keep reading all the posts about them being 'flighty'. I do not see that in ours - but they are our babies. Handled and cuddled from day 3. These were the first chickens that we chose ourselves. I only wish I could have afforded more than two. Once the first two matured, we purchased a male from a different breeder. At the time of this writing, he is only 9 weeks. Now HE is flighty! But, not the girls. Not sure if I have used enough characters for my review. I will add some pictures of our beautiful girls and our handsome young man.

The girls started laying at 22 weeks. One of them gave us two double yolk eggs in her first week of laying!

I really like this breed. I got mine from a breeder. They are the silver color not the brown.

They lay very pretty blue and blue green eggs. There are the friendliest birds I have. Very sweet little personalities. Cute little crest. The rooster is a great watcher of the flock but very friendly to people.

I got my first Cream Legbars in May of 2012 in an egg swap. They hatched from beautiful sky blue eggs. I got 2 pullets and 2 cockerels, but one cockerel died at a few weeks old. They grew to become beautiful birds! Very friendly-one pullet never fails to meet me at the door and loves to be held and petted. I don't normally handle my chickens unless I need to, but I can't help enjoying having one who begs to be petted.
Update: I now have several more of these and they all have the same friendly, curious, social nature. Add that to the ability to tell pullets from cockerels at hatch, along with pretty blue eggs, and you have the perfect breed!

We bought our CCL chick for $35 (plus her share of shipping) from Meyer Hatchery in mid June. I was intrigued by some descriptions and photos, but after she arrived, along with a White Rock, Buff Orp., Dominique, and Golden-laced Wyandotte, we read many comments that CCLs are flighty, unfriendly, afraid of people, or "definitely not lap chickens." Some other owners said the opposite.
It might be luck, or the fact that we handle all our chicks a LOT from the minute we open the mailing box. Here's our Amy at 6 weeks. Not exactly "unfriendly;" she's one of the cuddliest chickens we've had, and that's saying a lot. She loves being stroked and massaged on her upper back and neck.

Maybe Amy will suddenly become panicky or unfriendly as she matures, but that seems unlikely. Here she is this morning, age 10-11 weeks (08-31-15):

And here she shows her elegant form:

Of course we can't say anything yet about eggs, but for us the pet qualities come first. If you like a beautiful but somewhat comical hen, with a sweet personality, we would recommend trying a CCL. We only have this one data point, but if you want her to be friendly, it seems well worth giving frequent, kind attention from the earliest days.

So far, they are wonderful additions. I plan on keeping one 1 rooster. All 3 girls have crests and are so pretty. I took a chance on an auction on ebay. They are suppose to be from the Reese line. So just hoping to get the same sky blue eggs in the spring that were sent to me. These pics were taken around a month old and with my crappy phone. Sorry

To begin with, I hand raise all my chicks so they're typically all very tame and friendly. However, Belle, my legbar, is relatively timid, but is still gentle and overall pleasant. She was my slowest to lay, even though my other chicks were two weeks (or more) behind her. She started laying recently, around 7 months. She's also not nearly as productive as my Olive Eggers, which was a little surprising to me, but she lays a gorgeous blue egg, and I'll also cut her some slack due to the weather.

I love my cream legbars!!! I am hopeful that I can hatch some soon.